AAI proposes hike in UDF at Chennai airport

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to increase the user development fee (UDF) and landing charges at Chennai airport. At present, the UDF for both domestic and international passengers is Rs 77.
The new UDF effective January 1, 2013, for domestic passengers will be Rs 165 and for international this will be Rs 667, stated an AAI document.
The AAI has proposed to increase the international landing charges by 118 per cent and domestic landing charges by 48 per cent from November 1, 2012. Besides, it has proposed a uniform increase of 83 per cent in parking and housing charges.
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch in a report said this would have a marginal impact on the aviation sector in India. This is because Chennai accounts for only seven per cent of India’s traffic and the UDF could immediately be passed on to the consumers.
01/09/12 TE Narasimhan/Business Standard

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Categories: airports Sep 2012